(Testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier)
Mr. Ball.
And her husband and their three children?
Mr. Frazier.
That is right.
Mr. Ball.
Where do you work?
Mr. Frazier.
Work at Texas School Books.
Mr. Ball.
How long have you worked there?
Mr. Frazier.
I have been working there since September.
Mr. Ball.
September of 1963?
Mr. Frazier.
Correct.
Mr. Ball.
What kind of work do you do there?
Mr. Frazier.
I fill orders.
Mr. Ball.
How did you happen to get that job?
Mr. Frazier.
Well, I went to see, first I come up there and started looking for a job and couldn't find one myself so I went to one of these employment agencies and through that a lady called up one morning, I was fixing to go out and look for one, I was looking for myself in the meantime when they were, too, and so she called up and gave me a tip to it if I was interested in a job like that I could go over there and see about that and for the time being I wasn't working and needed some money and so I did and I went over there and saw Mr. Truly, and he gave me an interview, and then he hired me the same day I went over there.
Mr. Ball.
You say you came up, you mean you came up from Huntsville?
Mr. Frazier.
That is right; yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
That was in September 1963?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; it was.
Mr. Ball.
Looking for a job around Dallas?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did you go to live with your sister at that time?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Ball.
What--where is the employment agency and what is its name when you first applied for a job?
Mr. Frazier.
Well, I went to several but, see, this one got me this job the main one was Massey, the employment agency, and it is over there on Shady Grove Road.
Mr. Ball.
In Dallas?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; in Irving.
Mr. Ball.
How do you spell that name, the name of the employment agency?
Mr. Frazier.
Massey?
Mr. Ball.
Yes.
Mr. Frazier.
I believe it is M-a-s-s-e-y.
Mr. Ball.
And it was a woman at the employment agency that called you and told you to go to see the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, right.
Mr. Ball.
And you went to see Mr. Truly and after an interview he gave you a job?
Mr. Frazier.
Correct.
Mr. Ball.
Then you started work there about what date in September?
Mr. Frazier.
It was the 13th. I say that was the same day I went for an interview. I went early enough that morning that he told me to come back after lunch.
Mr. Ball.
And you are still working there?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
When Mr. Truly hired you did he tell you it would be a full-time job or just a temporary job?
Mr. Frazier.
No, sir; he told me that he was looking for somebody full time and I told him, well, that is what I wanted, and so he said that would be just fine.
Mr. Ball.
How much did he start to pay you?
Mr. Frazier.
He started me off with a dollar and a quarter an hour.
Mr. Ball.
That is for an eight-hour day?
Mr. Frazier.
Right. Five days a week.
Mr. Ball.
Did you commute back and forth from your sister's home in Irving?
Mr. Frazier.
Over there to the Texas School Books?
Mr. Ball.
To the Texas School Book Depository.
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